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    48 months ago

    For sure, never ever trust a wealthy person’s origin story. Even trump and Musk claim to be self made.

    Much better to go with the evidence of our eyes and ears.

    • @[email protected]
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      18 months ago

      You know nothing. I’m describing my great uncle, so I would have no reason to lie. No one else in the family is what you would call rich. I’m simply providing a factual counterexample because generalizing is the surest way to not understand nuance

      • @[email protected]
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        38 months ago

        Speaking of lacking nuance, claiming people “know nothing” isn’t exactly the smartest thing you’ve ever said.

        We have two things here:

        A: I’m describing my great uncle

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        B: so I have no reason to lie.

        How does one relate to the other? Is it unusual for people to lie about great uncles where you’re from? Does this rule apply to, say, regular uncles? How about a great aunt? Does it apply to them too?

        More seriously, the factual real world examples that can be proven and aren’t just “trust me bro” all point to never being able to trust a wealthy persons origin story, even if it is someone’s great uncle. However, that doesn’t mean its literally untrue in every instance or yours.

        The point is, even if 100% true in every capacity, it’s so ultra rare and against such a rigged game that it might as well not be true. That is, if we plan on appreciating the true nuance of the situation.

        • @[email protected]
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          18 months ago

          Idiot, the person I referenced claimed you can’t trust a rich person’s origin story. It’s not my story

          You’re just mad the simple narrative was threatened. I couldn’t give a shit less what you believe

          • @[email protected]
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            28 months ago

            What a childish and hilariously ironic reply. I’m the person who said you can’t trust a wealthy persons origin story. I said it because its true.

            You challenged nothing. All you didn’t was tell a baseless story that anyone could have made up. You give yourself too much credit if you think you either challenged anything anyone said or made me mad by it. It’s pretty pathetic to have to pretend you’ve upset people.

            Even if it was true, its like me saying “don’t jump out of a 10 storey building, you’ll probably die.” and you replying “yeah, well, my great uncle jumped out of a 10 storey building and he didn’t die.” Like, cool story bro but you still shouldn’t jump out of one and, also, no one cares about your tales.

            How about second cousins, would you lie about them?

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        18 months ago

        Except I wasn’t glorifying them. I actually think they aren’t great people but go ahead and jerk yourself some more